The International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement on Wednesday an investigation by its anti-corruption officials had found sufficient grounds to ask the West Indies board to probe the issue further and report back by the end of January.

Samuels, 26, was allowed to play in the World Cup in the Caribbean earlier this year.

The investigation followed an Indian police report that the Jamaican player allegedly passed on confidential team information to a bookmaker on the eve of the first one-dayer in Nagpur on January 21.

The anti-corruption unit's report was reviewed by code of conduct commission chairman Michael Beloff and forwarded to the board, which concluded its two-day meeting in Dubai on Wednesday.

The West Indies board would submit its report to an official enquiry, comprising Beloff and two other code of conduct panel members not connected with the Caribbean board, the ICC said.

That panel would review the report, including any sanction recommended by the West Indies probe, before the matter again goes before the ICC board.

Twenty20 groupings
Meanwhile, acceding to the request by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the Executive Board also decided to formulate the groupings for the next Twenty20 World Cup in England in 2009.

Defending champions India are in Group A alongside Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, while runners-up Pakistan make up Group B with the host country and Associate (1), which will be arrived at after a qualification process.

The groupings: Group A: India, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe. Group B: Pakistan, England, Associate 1. Group C: Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies. Group D: New Zealand, South Africa, Associate 2.